Dr. Mutch was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and received an M.D. degree from the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis. His general surgery training was conducted at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine and included 2 years of research. Mutch completed a colon and rectal residency at the Lahey Clinic, Burlington, Massachusetts. After completing his colorectal training in 2002, he joined the Colon and Rectal Surgery Staff at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He is board certified in General Surgery and Colon and Rectal Surgery.

Dr. Mutch maintains a busy clinical practice in the large referral centers of Barnes-Jewish Hospital and the St. Louis Veterans hospital. Thus, he is exposed to a wide variety of uncommon colorectal neoplasms.